What is the "generational name" of the Baby Boomers' older brothers and sisters?

Question

Baby Boomers were born from 1946 to 1964. I am really interested in the older half of them. Their parents were part of the "Greatest Generation" who fought in WW II and some went on the fight in the Korean War.

I have never heard of this older generation's official name.

Answer 1

Well it is the same, "the greatest generation", generations overlap.

Answer 2

Generational names were not so clearly defined back then. However, often they are referred to as the "Silent Generation" because of the relatively calm political and cultural landscape of the day and of its teenagers and young adults. I don't cite to Wikipedia articles as a matter of course, but there is an entry there, "Silent Generation." Hope this helps.

Answer 3

I don't know that there is an "official" name for those children. Sometimes they are referred to as "war babies," those who were conceived before Daddy left for the war. I guess the idea was that life would spring from the threat of death or that the father would live on in the child if he were killed in the war.

Answer 4

They were the War Babies  Janis Joplin, Jimmy Hendrix, James Morrison all fell into that crowd.  Before that, they were the Depression Era Babies.